Mobile Application to Improve Nutritional Counseling Provided by Primary Care Physicians for Hypertension.

NCT02249494 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 14-0258
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 110
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of a mobile app could improve knowledge and practice in nutrition counseling performed by primary care physicians in Brazil.

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Nutritional Knowledge; Nutritional Counseling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in score of knowledge and ability related to nutritional care.

  For each correct answer, participant will get one point on the knowledge test and for each incorrect answer will get 0. Thus, possible scores will range from 69 to 0. Data based on questions about the abilities will be summarized in a qualitative ranking.

  30 days

Study Arms (2)

Smartphone (mobile app) & telehealth

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will install and use a mobile application designed to provide nutritional recommendations for hypertensive patients. These recommendations will be based on the DASH diet guidelines appropriate to patient profile: consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, milk or low fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry and fish, nuts, seeds and legumes, amount of fats, oils and sweets, as well as guidelines for salt intake and alcohol. The call service will be offered by the Center for Telehealth Rio Grande do Sul to answer clinic questions with qualified staff and in real time. All physicians who work in Primary Health Care in Brazil can use this call center when they have questions about diagnosis and management of their patients.

Other: telehealth; Other: nutritional counseling; Device: smartphone (mobile app)

nutritional counseling & telehealth

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Physicians who are enrolled for this group will continue performing routine nutritional counseling in their clinical practice. The call service will be offered by the Center for Telehealth Rio Grande do Sul to answer clinic questions with qualified staff and in real time. All physicians who work in Primary Health Care in Brazil can use this call service when they have questions about diagnosis and management of their patients.

Other: telehealth; Other: nutritional counseling

Interventions

telehealth OTHER

Use the call service offered by the Center for Telehealth Rio Grande do Sul to answer clinic questions with qualified staff and in real time. All physicians who work in Primary Health Care in Brazil can call when they have questions about diagnosis and management of their patients.

Smartphone (mobile app) & telehealth; nutritional counseling & telehealth

smartphone (mobile app) DEVICE

Mobile app, designed to provide nutritional recommendations for hypertensive patients, will be use. The recommendations will be based on the DASH diet guidelines appropriate to the patient profile: consumption of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, milk or low fat dairy products, lean meats, poultry and fish, nuts, seeds and legumes, amount of fats, oils and sweets, as well as guidelines for salt intake and alcohol.

Smartphone (mobile app) & telehealth

nutritional counseling OTHER

Performing routine nutritional counseling in their clinical practice

Smartphone (mobile app) & telehealth; nutritional counseling & telehealth

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• primary care physicians registered in TelessaúdeRS (Center for Telehealth)
• primary care physicians who use smartphone or tablet

You may not qualify if:

• not to work in primary care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre: lead
• Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Núcleo de Telessaúde Técnico-Científico do Rio Grande do Sul. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90430-090, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Gadenz SD, Harzheim E, Rados DRV, Castro SMJ, Drehmer M. Mobile Application Increased Nutrition Knowledge Among Brazilian Physicians. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2024 Feb;56(2):92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2023.11.001. Epub 2023 Dec 21.

  PMID: 38127014 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Interventions

Telemedicine; Nutrition Assessment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration; Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Epidemiologic Measurements; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Erno Harzheim, doctor

  Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 23, 2014
• First Posted: September 25, 2014
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: January 1, 2015
• Last Updated: March 19, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-03

Locations

BR (1)